AOL Requirement - "Boy Scout Oriented outdoor activity"

[BadenP 93]

Trainerlady

I am sorry your district camporees are so poorly run, however you truly seemed to have missed all the points I and Eagle 92 were trying to make. A camporee is actually an ideal place to start the transition to boy scouts but first your district activity committee needs to get their act together. Not doing a big event where the webelos can see firsthand, and take a part in some real boy scout experiences with a variety of troops is a major reason why the whole webelos transition problem is an abysmal failure, and most of those who do transition drop out in the first year. The boys are not adequately prepared to move onward from just den activity and one campout with a troop. These camporees give the boys a chance to get to know a variety of boy scouts and webelos making the transition to boy scouts less difficult as they will already know many of the boys in a troop. In all honesty your den meetings alone are not enough to cut it and many of your webelos will not last long in any troop. Your attitude dooms your boys to failure before they even get started, and thats one of the big problems with the webelos program nationwide.